McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys.

published 2023-03-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-28593

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.50 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to Improper Link Resolution via registry keys. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

mcafee total_protection 16.0.50

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-03-03)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

mcafee.com /en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html
vendor-advisory
mcafee.com /support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-24577
NVD CVE-2023-24577

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Summary